BIBLE

Third Grade 2009-2011

Accepting His Plan: The Plan of Redemption, Gods plan for the
church and for the individual
Understand the importance of studying scripture in daily life
Know the roles three-in-one members of the God-family
Understand that God and the angels He created lived in heaven in
perfect harmony before sin
Understand that sin and its effects are the result of the universal
conflict between God and Satan
Know that death is a consequence of sin, but God has the power to
raise the dead from their graves
Explain Jesus role as Messiah, Savior and Redeemer
Know that Christians are part of Gods family and have a
responsibility to witness and serve others
Understand that all people are equal in Gods sight and are
accepted into the Family of God
Know how God has worked in history to preserve Christian church
Understand that each person has spiritual gifts, talents
Know, power to make right choices is provided by grace
Understand that Jesus is coming back for all who have chosen to
follow Him and will live with Him
FINE ARTS
Art
Use different media, techniques and processes to communicate
ideas, experiences and stories
Know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of
art in order to convey ideas
Select and use subject matter, symbols and ideas
Know that the visual arts have both history and specific
relationships to various cultures
Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures,
times and places
Describe how peoples experiences influence the development of
specific artworks
Identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in
the curriculum
Music
Recognize and write eighth notes and rests
Recognize major and minor tonality (sounds)
Use introduction, interludes, codas
Recognize AABB and AABA patterns
Know meaning of signs p, mp, mf and f
Identify different solo voices
Identify music styles form different countries
Learn to use the hymnal index
LANGUAGE ARTS
Extended Reading and Writing
Recognize and read grade appropriate sight words
Use the writing process
Read silently for pleasure
Write an autobiography, stories, and plays
Write for the purpose of thanking and researching
Write descriptions and personal experiences in sequence
Write poetry and a newspaper article
Write to express opinion
Comprehending, Studying, and Evaluating Ideas
Develop two column notes and charts
Use number notes, concept maps, and visual media
Use picture clues
Determine meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases
Develop level-appropriate vocabulary through the use of context
clues and resource materials
Develop main idea outlines using number notes with topics/details
Write summaries

Analyze, compare, and contrast character traits

Analyze main ideas using concept maps
Distinguish between fact and opinion
Assess by opinion-proof notes and persuasive paragraphs
Write discussion questions about content of literature/visual media
Develop main idea outlines
Create visual media to differentiate real and imaginary information
Analyze main ideas of visual media
Write paragraphs with main ideas and details
Underline selectively
Understand bias in media messages and products
Identify and describe specific thoughts/feelings from visual media
Analyze authors craft
Sequence events in pictures, notes, timelines, charts, paragraphs
Reference Skills
Use library references
Alphabetize by second letter and beyond
Use a dictionary
Word Study
Read words with short vowel patterns and high frequency words
Read and write words with silent e
Read and write two-syllable words
Divide words into syllables
Read, spell, and write words with hard and soft c and g
Write one and two-syllable words with ai, ay, ee, and ea
Recognize the use of repeated sounds in literature
Decode and write words containing dipthongs
Read, spell, and write verb endings
Identify, choose, and write the correct forms verbs
Form contractions using not
Use a, an, and the correctly
Read and spell words with r-controlled vowel patterns
Read, spell, and write antonyms, synonyms, and homophones
Sentence Skills
Understand word and sentence order
Indent paragraphs
Edit for usage, capitalization and punctuation, including commas
Use abbreviations
Identify and use parts of speech, including verbs and adverbs
Recognize and edit correct verb tenses
Identify and use pronouns
Understand common and proper nouns
Identify different kinds of sentences
Write clear, concise, correct, varied, and complete sentences
Use new vocabulary in concept maps, sentences, and discussions
MATH
Number and Operations
Understand, describe place value to ten-thousands place
Design and label number lines appropriate to the situation
Compare and order numbers through 10,000
Skip count by threes, e.g. 1, 18, 21, 24
Understand the commutative property of + and x
Understand the zero property of multiplication
Understand the meaning of the decimal point
Understand the concept of tenths written as a decimal
Understand the meaning of multiplication and division
Know the multiplication and division fact families
Know multiplication and corresponding division facts
Add and subtract numbers up to 4-digits
Multiply mentally by 10 and 100
Multiply and divide 2-digit number by a 1-digit number
Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number with remainder
Understand meaning, structure of fractions (zero to one)

Understand and write simple mixed numbers

Compare fractions with like denominators
Add and subtract fractions with like denominators
Add and subtract money
Use strategies to estimate whole number computations
Algebra
Analyze mathematical sequences with/without a calculator
Use patterns - predictions, solve problems, relationships
Understand, explain relationships in equations, inequalities
Solve equations and inequalities
Identify and use commutative and associative properties
Understand and use grouping symbols
Geometry
Explore congruence and similarity
Add to find perimeter
Count to find area and volume
Create models of 2-dimensional objects
Investigate simple nets
Analyze and describe 2- and 3-dimensional objects
Find and name locations on labeled grid/coordinate system
Identify shapes that when put together = a given shape
Measurement
Use correct measurement vocabulary
Explain, measure temperature using Celsius, Fahrenheit
Read and understand a simple time line
Measure length, weight, volume using metric and US customary
units to nearest unit as appropriate
Using appropriate tools, draw a line or shape with specified
measurements
Count money up to $10.00
Understand attributes of second, minute, hour
Tell time to the minute, before or after the hour
Measure elapsed time using a calendar or clock
Read/understand a calendar using day, week, month, year
Count weeks before/after certain dates on the calendar
Data Analysis and Probability
Organize and interpret data using line graphs
Construct graphs using data from a table
Discover patterns in tables and graphs by creating, organizing,
recording and analyzing data
Formulate questions and categories for data collection and actively
collect first-hand information
Describe the shape and important features of a set of data and
compare related data sets
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Spiritual Emphasis
Recognize that Gods ideal for quality living includes a healthy
lifestyle
Incorporate into ones lifestyle health principles: water, air,
exercise, nutrition, sunlight, temperance, rest, trust in God
Avoid at-risk behaviors
Apply Christian principles in recreation and sports
Achieve a balance in work and leisure; balancing physical, mental,
social and spiritual activities
Recognize the interaction of physical, mental and spiritual health
with emotional and social well-being
Movement and Motor Skills
Demonstrate mature form in all locomotor patterns and selected
manipulative and non-locomotor skills
Adapt a skill to the demands of a dynamic, environment
Acquire beginning skills of specialized movement forms
Combine movement skills in applied settings
Apply critical elements to improve personal performance
Use critical elements to provide feedback to others

 Recognize and apply concepts that impact the quality of

increasingly complex movement performance
Lifestyle and Fitness
Select and participate regularly in physical activities
Identify the benefits derived from regular physical activity
Identify physical activities that provide personal pleasure
Identify several activities related to physical fitness
Associate results of fitness testing to personal health status and
ability to perform various activities
Meet fitness standards defined by a fitness testing program
Experience enjoyment participating in physical activity
Enjoy practicing activities to increase skill competence
Interact with friends while participating in group activities
Use physical activity as a means of self-expression
Sportsmanship and Appropriate Behaviors
Follow activity-specific rules, procedures and etiquette
Utilize safety principles in activity situations
Work cooperatively/productively with a partner, small group
Work independently/on-task for a specified period of time
Explore cultural/ethnic self-awareness through participation
Recognize the attributes that individuals with difference can bring to
group activities
Experience differences and similarities among people by
participating in activities of national, cultural, ethnic origins
SCIENCE
Life: Animals, Arthropods, Arachnids, Genetics
Describe the basic needs of living things
Describe the life cycle of animals
Identify factors that all animals need to survive
Explain food chains and food web
Classify organisms by similar/different characteristics
Identify inherited traits and diseases
Health: Drugs, Health Principles, Biblical Principles, Natural Laws,
Human Sexuality
Understand drug abuse is harmful to health
Identify healthful and harmful drugs and their affects
Understand the proper use and value of medicines
Understand that God has provided guidelines (natural laws) to keep
us health
Exhibit life style choices consistent with biblical principles
Physical: Force, Friction/Gravity/Inertia, Motion
Define force and friction
Define gravity and describe how it affect matter
Compare gravitational attraction of objects of varying mass
Define inertia and describe its effects
Describe how forces affect the motion of objects
Earth: Origin of the Universe, Astronomy, Solar System
Identify Gods role in the creation of the universe
Understand purpose of Gods law and order in the universe
Define astronomy
Describe the space program
Identify the members of the Solar System
Describe the suns affect on planet earth
Describe the moons phases
Define asteroids, meteors, comets, and constellations
Scientific Inquiry: May be included in each unit of study
Make observations
Ask questions, form hypotheses based on observations
Plan a simple investigation
Collect data from the investigation
Use data collected to explain the results
Safely use and store tools and equipment

Service/Career Options
Explore ways to use science to serve the community
Identify careers in areas of Science
SOCIAL STUDIES
History
Develop an understanding of time
Measure calendar time by days, weeks, months, and years
Identify Native Peoples in the local area
Explain how the local community was established
Read Bible and church history stories
Explain the history of community traditions
Civics and Government
Explain the importance of good citizenship
Identify fundamental democratic principles and ideals in songs,
stories, and symbols
Tell how the 10 Commandments relate to laws of a country
Describe the basic structure of government
Describe how laws are made, applied, and enforced
Show tolerance/respect for individuals with different beliefs
Explain the meaning of national and patriotic symbols
Geography
Use a variety of maps
Learn important geographical terms
Use a compass and recognize the basic directions
Identify regional features where your community is located
Show how climate affects vegetation and animal life in your region
Identify sources and results of pollution
Describe renewable and nonrenewable resources
Economics
Recognize the role of useful work
Explain the interaction of buyers and sellers
Describe how local producers use natural, human, and capital
resources to produce goods and services
Describe, illustrate value of tithing and returning offerings
Individuals, Society, and Culture
Understand the importance of developing a personal relationship
with Christ
Understand the importance of cooperation and sharing
Understand how God words through people to help make the
community a better place
Identify local and national holidays and understand the reasons
they are celebrated
Identify factors that make the local community unique
Participate in community service or mission projects
TECHNOLOGY
Demonstrate proper use and care of computers and other audiovisual equipment
Practice using the keyboard
Become familiar with proper computer terms
Use computers to express ideas with drawing, multi-media and
word processing software
Learn file management
Learn about technology related occupations
Use appropriate input/output devices
Begin troubleshooting for basic malfunctions
Become aware of copyright issues
Practice courtesy and respecting of computer time

Seventh-day
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NORTH AMERICAN
DIVISION
Office of Education

KEY LEARNINGS
Third Grade
2009 - 2011